A professional cleaner has identified four parts of the home that should be deep cleaned regularly, saying many people often overlook these particular areas. The cleaner, named Sunny, shared her tips and favourite techniques to make cleaning simpler and restore sparkle to the home.
Keeping a tidy home can enhance mental wellbeing and lift mood, as grime or clutter has been found to worsen it. However, cleaning and decluttering can rapidly become an intimidating chore that grows more overwhelming the longer it is put off. In a video, Sunny identified four areas that people typically overlook when deep cleaning, before showing her straightforward methods for getting the areas gleaming once again.
Toilet and air fryer
Sunny opened her TikTok video by saying: "Four things you probably forget to clean." She then revealed which four areas she was referring to, before showing how she would approach cleaning them.
Keeping the toilet spotless will make the entire bathroom appear fresher and more hygienic. In the footage, Sunny can be observed tackling the toilet drain with a chemical cleaner before moving on to scrub the inside of the toilet bowl. She then uses sponges and cloths to wipe down every surface of the toilet from top to bottom. Equally important is mopping or scrubbing the floor around the toilet, as there may have been some splashing from the loo that has gone unnoticed.
Most people know they ought to clean their air fryer after each use, especially if it has been left greasy following the last meal cooked in it. In the video, Sunny recommends adding a few spoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda to the air fryer basket, along with a dash of washing up liquid, before pouring in boiling water from the kettle, making sure the water fully covers the tray inside. After allowing it to sit for a few minutes, she pours the water away into the sink, revealing a gleaming air fryer. A swift rinse and it is ready to use once more.
Socks and dishwasher
For white socks that have lost their brightness, Sunny suggests placing the socks in a bucket filled with hot water, adding Oxi powder stain remover or any similar bleaching powder, and leaving it to soak for as long as the packaging directs. Empty the water down the sink before transferring the socks to the washing machine along with more Oxi powder stain remover. The socks will be brilliantly white again once the cycle is complete.
While dishwashers were created to simplify the chore of washing up, the dishwasher itself also needs cleaning from food debris and grime that has built up. In the footage, Sunny takes out the shelves inside the dishwasher before unscrewing the blade inside the machine. She then cleans all these components, including the filter, by hand in the sink. Prior to putting everything back into the machine, she makes certain to scrub the inside with a sponge, before pouring another cleaning powder into the base of the dishwasher to run a cleaning cycle.
